The acting director of national intelligence, Joseph Maguire, is withholding a whistleblower complaint alleging serious wrongdoing within the intelligence community that may involve President Donald Trump, the House Intelligence Committee revealed on Friday.

California’s groundbreaking Public Banking Act, AB 857, was approved by the State Assembly today for the concurrence vote, 41 Aye’s, 22 No’s. The bill required 41 Aye’s. The Senate approved the bill on Wednesday, Sept 11, 25 Aye’s, 11 No’s.The bill now has 17 co-authors in addition to the two lead authors, Assemblymembers David Chiu and Miguel…[Read more]

The private prison industry is set to be upended after California lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday banning the facilities from operating in the state. The move will probably also close down four large immigration detention facilities that can hold up to 4,500 people at a time.

The legislation is being hailed as a major victory for criminal…[Read more]

Yesterday, the New York Times reported a fact that’s been circulating in quieter corners of the internet for a while: Elizabeth Warren is partially funding her presidential campaign with money raised from wealthy megadonors throughout 2018.

When she announced her presidential campaign this year, Warren promised to eschew the traditional t…[Read more]

An immigration judge reportedly threatened a Guatemalan child who was making some noise that a “very big dog” would “come out and bite you” if the undocumented immigrant did not quiet down, according to a report by Mother Jones.

The boy was in the courtroom with his mother for an immigration hearing in March 2016 when the threat happene…[Read more]

The family that owns Purdue Pharma, maker of Oxycontin, has agreed to give up “the entire value” of the privately owned firm to settle claims that Purdue played a central role in the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic.

That’s according to a spokesperson for the firm, who detailed the Sackler family’s offer in an email sent to NPR on…[Read more]

The US Air Force is reviewing how it picks where its crews stay overnight after it was revealed that crews had driven over 50 miles to stay at US President Donald Trump’s own resort in Scotland, according to a report from Politico.

As he campaigns for re-election, Donald Trump and his team have made trashing the “socialists or communists” in the 2020 Democratic presidential field a cornerstone of their messaging. In private, however, the president often strikes a different, more nuanced tone—one driven by a concern that socialism (at least as defined by the Democrats) may a…[Read more]

Revelations that U.S. Air Force crews have stayed at President Trump’s golf resort in Scotland multiple times since his inauguration prompted the Air Force to announce late Sunday that it has launched a worldwide review of how it selects overnight accommodations on long-haul flights. The House Oversight Committee is investigating one such…[Read more]

The Trump administration’s move to divert billions of dollars intended for military construction projects in order to finance a border wall with Mexico sparked outrage last week, with cuts to things like funding Army base elementary schools on U.S. soil dominating the discussion, and prompting sharp criticism from lawmakers on Capitol Hill.